Hand-brake-operating mechanism



l 1. A. CARNEYI HAND BRAKE OPERATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED .IUNE 4.1914.

1,328,493, y Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

ji/215% (r/ey JAMES A.' CARNEY, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

HAND-BRAKE-OPERATING IMECHANISM.

Specication of Letters Eatent. Patented. Jan. 20, 1920 Application filed June 4, 1914. Serial No. 843,004.

To all wwmt' may concern.'

Be it known thaty I, JAMES A. CARNEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of illinois, have invented certainnew and useful lmprovements in Hand-Brake-Operating Mechanism, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements iu hand brake operating mechanism and has for its object to provide improved mechanism of the class described especially adapted for use with cars having no platform or blind end cars. My invention comprises the use of two levers, one on each side of the end Wall of a car, in combination with brake operating mechanism. By this means the brakemay be operated from either the insidev or outside of the car as is most convenient.

` ln addition l have provided means operatin With the above described mechanism for edecting the release or engagement of the brake operating means. These features yin combination with other speciiic elements constitute my invention, vvhich is setl forth in the following specification and shown 1n the accompanying drawings, 1n Which- Figure 1 is a horizontal section through of the pavvls.

Like numerals refer to like elements throughout the drawings, in which 10 designates a double end Wall of a car having plates 11 attached thereto, as shown in Fig. 1. A frame member, generally indicated by the numeral 1Q, is located on the outer side of the end Wall 10 and -is provided With the base portion 12a, which is 'bolted to the end Wall by the bolts 13 extending therethrough. I The frame 12 'further comprises a bearing portion 12b offset with respect to the hase.

portion 12 andvconnected thereto by the integrally formed 'elbow 12c a flange or, rib

' 12d being provided for strength and rigidity. The bearing portion 12b is provided With the circular aperture 12e and with the threaded aperture lf, as Ashown in Fig. 3, for example, and is further formed with the in- Wardly projecting stop, or shoulder, 12g, all for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

A ratchet 111 is provided having the usual teeth 1.4%1 and provided with the elongated hub 141 on one side thereof. This hub is centrally apertured at 141c as shown in Fig. 2. i

A shaft 15 extends through the double end Wall 10 and is journaled at one side thereof in the bearing ring 16 secured to the Wear plate 11 by rivets 16a. This shaft extends through the aperture 14 in the elongated hub 14h and ratchet le and. is rotatably mounted thereon.

An operating handle, or lever, 17 is located on the outer side of the end Wall 10 being provided with an aperture 17a and be- 111g keyed or otherwise fixed on the shaft 15 adjacent the end thereof, Whichis overturned, or enlarged. as indicated 'by the numeral 15, this head, or overturned portion 15, serving to prevent accidental displacement of the lever 17. To the latter is attached the paWl 18 by means of a cap screw 19 and bearing shoulder 19a, as shown in Fig. 1. This pawl is considerably heavier at its end 18a, as shown in Fig. 5, for a pur pose to be hereinafter described, and it is concave or curved on its inner side, as indicated by the numeral 181. At its upper end the pavvl 18 is provided with the cam face 18".

Adjacent the other end of the shaft 15 is located a second operating lever 2() located inside the car and fitting over at 201l the end of the shaft 15 to which it is keyed or suitably secured. A. sleeve lits around the shaft 15 Without contacting therewith and extends from the bearing rings 16 to the op- -erating lever 20, as shown in Fig. 1, insuring against y,longitudinal displacement of the shaft 15. A nut 21 is threaded on the end of the shaft 15 and serves to hold the lever 2O thereon as Well as prevent the, removal of the shaft. A lock-nut 21a serves to retain the nut 9.1 against accidental displacenient.

lt will be apparent that suitable movement of either of the levers 17 or 20 in the direction indicated by the ari-ovT in Fig. 2 through the medium of pawl 18 Will serve to rotate the ratchet 1e' in a corresponding direction. The elongated hub 14 has secured thereto one end of a chain 22 by means of a set screw 23, or the like. (See Fig. 1.) This chain may be connected With any suitllO able brake operating mechanism, this not forming a part of the present invention. It will be apparent that rotationl of the ratchet 14 will cause the elongated hub 141 to act as a drum in winding up the chain 22, which will operate the brake operating mechanism not shown. This drum and ratchet 14h and 14 are suitably journaled inthe aperture 12e of the trame 12, as is clearly shown in the drawings. To hold the same against unwinding, or release, of the brake operating mechanism, I provide a second pawl 25 having ther engaging lug 25a and pivoted upon the cap screw 26,-which is threaded into aperture l2 of frame 12. This pawl 25 ,is provided with a cam under surface .25. When the device is in assembled relation, the engaging end of the pawl 18 being heavier than the upper end thereof, it will normally remain in engagement with the ratchet 14 and by virtue 'of its arrangement the pawl 25 will likewise normally remain in engagement with the ratchet 14:, both as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. This engagement is such as to permit rotation-in the direction of the arrow of the levers and ratchet 14e to set the bralr'e mechanism. This setting may be accomplished either from the inside or outside of the car, which is a great advantage, especially in' connection with cars without platforms. To provide for the release of the mechanism, I have provided the pawls 18 and 25 so that the upper cam surface of the pavvlv 18 will normall contact with the cam surface 25b of the pawl 25 in the position shown in Fig. 2, this contact being Such as to permit their normal engagement with the ratchet 14. When it is desired to release the mechanism, however, either of the levers 17 or 2O is moved upwardly in a direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2 and during this movement the cam surface 18", coacting with the cam surface 25h, will operate to force both pawls out of engagement with the ratchet, as will be obvious, this release movement of the pawls being continued until limited by the stop 12g of frame 12.

It will be obvious that my structure is simple to manufacture and install and etlieient in 'operation and thatit may be readily operated from either side of the wall of the car. rIhe levers are preferably arranged in their normal positions with the outside lever hanging vertically downward and the inside lever standing vertically upright. If the brake is to be operated :trom the outside of the car only, the inside lever can be omitted, and if the brake is to be operated from the inside only, the outside lever can be omitted. In the operation of the levers it is to be noted that an intermittent, or oscillating, movement is employed to efect setting et the brakes. While I have shown and described a speciiic embodiment of my im naeaees vention, I wish to be understood as not desiring to be restricted to the form shown and described beyond the scope of the appended claims.

Vhat I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, a bracket adapted to be attached to a car wall and having an odset bearing portion, -a drum rotatably mounted in said bearing portion and extending therefrom toward said car wall, ya shaft extending through said drum, a ratchet carried by said drum, a lever mounted on said shaft, a gravity actuated pawl pivoted on said lever normally to engage said ratchet, whereby said ratchet will be rotated upon proper movement of the lever, 'and a gravity actuated detent to prevent reverse rotation of the ratchet.

2. A ratchet actuating mechanism comprising in combination `a shalt, supports in which said shaft is rotatably mounted, al hand lever secured to said shaft, a pawl piv otally carried by said lever, a drumvrotatably mounted -on said shaft, a ratchet wheel attached to said drum and having its peripheral teeth lying in the path of said pawl. a locking pawl carried by the shaft support and normally engaging the the teeth of the ratchet wheel to prevent backward rotation oi said drum, and means 'for rotating said shaft and thereby operating said lever.

3. il. ratchet actuating mechanism comprising in combination a shaft, supports in which said shaft is rotatably mounted, a hand lever secured to said shaft, a pawl pivotally carried by said lever, a drum rotatably mounted on said shaft, a ratchet wheel attached to said drum and having its peripheral teeth lyinginfthe path of said pawl, a locking pawl carried by the shaft support and normally engaging the teeth of the ratchet wheel to prevent Abackward rotation of said drum, and a second lever fixed to lou IUT)

said shaft at a point removed from said'.

first-named lever, whereby said shaft may be rotated by said second-named lever and said 'first-named lever thereby operated.

sh In a device of the class described. a pivotally mounted lever, a. ratchet, a pawl pivotally, mounted on said lever to coat-t with said ratchet to rotate the same,l said pawl being operative upon movement ot' said lever, a second pawl' normally engaging said ratchet by gravity to prevent rotation thereoif in one direction, means actuated by the movement of said lever for disengaging both or said pawls upon proper movement of said'lever, and a izred'stop arranged to engage one of said paw/ls upon said disengaging movement of said lever.

5. In a device of theclass described, a pairs of levers arranged for mounting one on each side of a car wall, ratchet and drum mechanism, and means for operating said ratchet and druniupon movement of either of secl levers, seid Ineens comprising e pevvl pvomlly attached. to one of saicl. levere and amzmgecl to normally enga-ge se etclflee.

6. lo e device of elle class described, e pair of levers arranged for mouning one on eecll side off e ce? Well9 michel; and drum mechanism, means for opeetig se ratchet end drum upon movemem of either of seid levers, seid means comprising e 'pevvl pvot-- elly etteceecl to one of seid. leves end erenged eo normally engage seid erclaec, eno e second pewl coectng with seid eccheo zo Donnelly pevent rotation o seid lezcllet in one direccion.

7. le. a devicefof 'che cless clescbe., e peil of levers emnged for menacing one on each side of e ce1` well. etclie; and com mecllemsm, means for operating seid mche@ and dum upon movement o' eile o seid levees? seid. means compising e pewl pvoelly eteched to one of said levers and e15- engecl to Hommell" engege seid mche@ enel e second @eval coeceng with Selci etcllee to nonne-.lily prevenir, cotation of seid Teclhe; in one diecton, sef pawls being eenged so chat poper movement of either of seid levers will opeee to dsengege chem.

8. le e device of' the class described, e, she; adapted to extend @Hough e cer Well, e lever secured to seid shaft adjacent each end thereof, e ratchet and drum loosely mounted on seid she-ft, e pevl pvoaelly ei- -ecllec. ce one o seid levees and arranged to normally engage seid ratchet lo eect roce* time thereof when seid lever is moved in ooe difectioe, e. secoue. pewl pvozelly mounted encl coectng with seid ratchet to nosmelly pfeven: retum rotation cheeof, seid pewls heilig alanged so the Moyer movemem o eiche? o?? seid levers will cause seid met named. pewl to ceect wich seifl second neme/ pewl to release both thereof.

9. ln a device of the class oles'sc.vciloeda e.- sheft adapted '55o exnd; through e. cer Well.; e lever secured to seid shaft adjacent each end thereof, e. ratchet and drum loosely mounted on seid shaft, a pevvl pvovbelly ettecloed to one of seid levers and er1-enge@ to normelly engage solo?. ratchet to e'ect oetion chereof when selol lever is moved in one direction, e. second pevvl pivotelly mounted cocci-ing wich seid mche@ to normally prevent feiern otetoo. theeo"9 seid pewls being emengecl so he popef movement of seid leve? will cause seid 'rsc neelco. pewl to coact Wll seid secon@ oemecl release looclc. Lleeo, en@ means lao limit se Feleese movement o seid. pewls.

1G. ln e device of die class described frame compeng e bese pofon set poetico; seid lease "acetico being mee L "e for attachment to e ce?7 e de te poetico eed roteeblj/ mouzcecl in sei olsec frame port-ion, e. she-fi; eff-enclin through seid drum enel reclle; monete eo rotece rel ive leeco, levees eeechecl eo seid shaft on either side of seid leecleet, means coec g with seid levefe` slew-5E m'tchec to co1 e loe lese named movemen; .s named.,

ll. le e device of che peil* of levees ameno/ed l on eech eide mechanism gems oo e om?. drum upon moveeem e levees, enel ineens co peml oecechmeet oz eioeeof seid. levers.

1Q. A eccueng mechanism comprising in con` :motion e se' sopgeof-cs 'm which seid sha-ifi; ie foecebly menne-ed, e han@ level secueol to seicl slxez, e pewl pvotelly ceried by seid levers e meetabljy" mounted on seid shaft, e etche; Wheel etteclecl o seid drum end having its perpllelel teeh lying in. the pecl?. of secl loew?.9 e locking pevvl cemecl by che ehee pori: enel nocmelly enge/ging elle fceezl of the etchet Wheel to pevenc lseclivfed roceon 'of seid drum. enel Ineens im "rotating .shells Jcheely operetmg seul lever7 seld second-memo pew?. being che path of elle heed-levee emol eclepcecl to be clsengegecl from the rencle; Toy abnormal tlxrcv/ of elle levee1 in nomwndiog direction.

En testimony Wheceoz?, l beve eubecrbed my neme.

JAMES A.. CARNEY. lllftnesees emmer H. QSTBEeG, AEmmi* J. B11-leem. 

